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Building awareness improves trust. Knowledge of a generation’s unique characteristics is the first step in communicating, engaging, and communicating with that generation. Understanding these differences will assist us in helping Millennials reach their educational and career goals.

Millennial Generation

The latest Census reports that Millennials 18-34 make up 23 percent of the U.S. population. Here are some characteristics of Millennials –

Confident: They are motivated, goal-oriented, and confident in themselves and the future.

Diverse:Millennials are the most racially and ethnically diverse generation in the whole world.

Conventional: Respectful to the point of not questioning authority.

Multitasking is a way of life”. Multitasking is “information handling and communicating with hand-held gadgets while doing daily activities using multiple media simultaneously, using computers and the Internet at the same time as video games, print media, music, and the phone

More highly educated when ranked with other generations at comparable ages. More than half of Millennials have at least some college education (54%), compared with 49% of Gen Xers, 36% of Boomers and 24% of the Silent generation when they were ages 18 to 28.